Wesley Clair Mitchell
American statistician (1874-1948) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 74
Wesley Clair Mitchell was an American economist known for his empirical work on business cycles and for guiding the National Bureau of Economic Research in its first decades.
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1948Died29 October 19481947Francis A. Walker MedalAward1945Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of ParisAward1934Messenger LecturesAward1933Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAward1874Born5 August 1874
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Lived 1874 to 1948 · aged 74